• MONTGOMERY: Standoff ends without injuries

    Man charged after holding police at bay for six hours By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A six-hour standoff ended without incident early Friday morning after a SWAT team was able to disarm a man who had been holding a butcher knife to his neck, threatening to take his own life, according to officials.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: North confident in MCT baseball final

    WEST WINDSOR: North confident in MCT baseball final

    West Windsor-Plainsboro North senior David Bachner tossed a no-hitter in the Knights’ 13-0 win over Nottingham on Tuesday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: May 15 – May 25

    PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: May 15 – May 25

    Celebrating Cinco de Mayo — Students at the YWCA Princeton’s Child Care Center at Valley Road School celebrated Cinco de Mayo (May 5), Mexico’s national holiday, with special treats called ‘sopes’ — homemade tortillas with queso fresco and black bean spread. Left to right are 4-year-olds Jennifer Lopez from Pennington and Jacqueline Clara and Yasmin…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Warehouse vote tabled

    By Davy James, Staff Writer    The South Brunswick Planning Board will decide the fate of an application for a new retail, office and warehouse property in a few months after a vote on the application at the May 6 Planning Board meeting was delayed until July.    The application from South Brunswick Enterprise LLC calls for…

  • PRINCETON: Memorial Day parade and ceremony May 23

        The Spirit of Princeton invites the community to the annual Memorial Day Parade and Dedication Ceremony on Saturday, May 23.     The parade proceed down Nassau Street from Princeton Avenue, beginning at 10 a.m., and the dedication ceremony will follow at 11 a.m. at Princeton Borough Hall.     The parade — dedicated this year…

  • MANVILLE: Council blog

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    The following is a record of minor moments at the May 11 Borough Council meeting, which, though not necessarily breaking news, are still worthy of note.    Aside from holding up traffic and sending pollutants into the air, the trucks passing through Manville, and parking on side streets, are now keeping…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Neiffer, defense eyeing challenge

    Pirates lacrosse aims for finals By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Andrew Neiffer is looking forward to the West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys lacrosse team’s tournament games.    The Pirates, who play Princeton High School in the Mercer County Tournament on Saturday, should face a bigger challenge at the defensive end than of late. In its recent…

  • HAMILTON: Sunday dog walk to benefit Pet Rescue of Mercer

    By Lilly LeClair, Special Writer        HAMILTON — The Pet Rescue of Mercer will present its first Proud of My Dog Walk on Sunday at the Veteran’s Park in Hamilton. The event, From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, will cost $10 per dog, with 100 percent of proceeds going to benefit animal welfare…

  • LAWRENCE: Hamnett Soccer tryouts set

       The Lawrence Hamnett Soccer Association will be holding its travel soccer tryouts at the Glenn ‘Moochie’ Myernick Training Facility at Village Park.    Tryouts for the U-9 Charge boys team will be held May 21 and May 26 on Gordon Field No. 1 from 6-7:30 p.m. For more information on tryouts for this team contact Paul…

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